Discontinued Operations and Real Estate Impairment Discontinued Operations and Real Estate Impairment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Real Estate and Discontinued Operations [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations and Real Estate Impairment

Discontinued Operations and Real Estate Impairment

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company disposed of its interests in certain properties to unrelated third parties for an aggregate gross disposition price of $70,989. In addition, the Company conveyed certain properties, along with the respective escrow deposits, in satisfaction of an aggregate $49,509 of non-recourse secured mortgage loans. The Company recognized aggregate net gains on debt satisfaction of $8,955 and an aggregate gain on sales of properties of $14,935 relating to these 2013 dispositions. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company disposed of its interests in certain properties (excluding Pemlex LLC - see note 7) to unrelated third parties for an aggregate gross disposition price of $129,715 and recognized an aggregate gain on sales of properties of $8,946 and net debt satisfaction charges of $1,189. In addition, the Company conveyed a property in satisfaction of the $7,119 non-recourse secured mortgage loan and recognized a net gain on debt satisfaction of $1,728. As of September 30, 2013, the Company had no properties classified as held for sale.

The following presents the operating results for the properties sold for the applicable periods:

	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Total gross revenues	$	287	$	3,695	$	3,518	$	14,168
Pre-tax income, including gains on sales	$	1,636	$	5,442	$	16,999	$	1,636

The Company assesses on a regular basis whether there are any indicators that the carrying value of its real estate assets may be impaired. Potential indicators may include an increase in vacancy at a property, tenant reduction in utilization of a property, tenant financial instability and the potential sale of the property in the near future. An asset is determined to be impaired if the asset's carrying value is in excess of its estimated fair value. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company recognized $9,537 and $5,690, respectively, of impairment charges in discontinued operations, relating to real estate assets that were disposed of below their carrying value.

In addition, the Company recognized impairment charges of $2,413 and $4,262 in continuing operations during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The Company explored the possible disposition of a non-core retail property in 2013 and an underperforming office property in 2012 and determined that the expected undiscounted cash flows based upon a revised estimated holding period of the properties were below the current carrying values. Accordingly, the Company reduced the carrying values of these properties to their estimated fair values.